I get underbite jaw surgery in December. What meds do you get for pain after? How painful is it? Are you out cold through all of it? How severe was your underbite? Mine is supposed to take only one operation and be in the hospital for a night and then have the whole thing done in 2 weeks. (surgery, repair, have brace off, everything. 2 weeks. Srs.)

I had the same exact operation (double jaw surgery to correct underbite) performed on June 13th, so for me, it has been about 3.5 months since.

I am fully recovered with no side effects...I have partial numbess in a small part of my lower lip, and a small portion of my chin. I really don't notice it. It doesn't bother me ever, even making out with girls feels natural.

I can lift again, I can eat anything I want, and I feel confident about my looks now. I used to be insecure and now I get called handsome and sh*t. It's pretty amazing.

The only thing that bothers me is I still have slight swelling in my cheeks, like on the sides of my nose. More swelling on the right side than the left. The swelling was always asymmetrical...it goes down really slowly but I'm being patient about it. It only gets better, man.

I'm supposed to get my braces off in 3-4 months, and by then, hopefully my swelling will be 100% gone. I'm pretty excited.

Feelsgoodman.jpg to have gotten this out of the way, doesn't it? Probably the most traumatic thing either of us will ever experience and have to recover from in our lifetimes, and its out of the way.

Thanks man, sounds completely similar to me. Chin is still numb, swelling either side of my nose and upper lip sticks out a little.

How are your teeth looking? I was told I only need 5 month dental work post OP and im nearly at 2 now, so If i got them off for christmas I'd be loving it

and aye it is major surgery, felt proper proper depressed for the first 4 days, how long did you have elastics on for? had ones from surgery for 6 weeks, then ortho put smaller ones in for the next 3 weeks, next appointment on 15th october so hopefully off by then

I get underbite jaw surgery in December. What meds do you get for pain after? How painful is it? Are you out cold through all of it? How severe was your underbite? Mine is supposed to take only one operation and be in the hospital for a night and then have the whole thing done in 2 weeks. (surgery, repair, have brace off, everything. 2 weeks. Srs.)

paracetemol, some anti flammary stuff(cant spell), for 4 weeks, now just paracetemol day by day, its not painful its more annoying/discomfort, you get the odd shooting pain in your face, and the numbness pisses you off. yes you are asleep through out the OP, underbite before brace was hardly nothing, not even 1mm but it caused my teeth to grind at each other, and I rarely doubt you'll be recovered in 2 weeks after a double jaw surgery, who said that? average is 6-10month brace comes off after surgery

I get underbite jaw surgery in December. What meds do you get for pain after? How painful is it? Are you out cold through all of it? How severe was your underbite? Mine is supposed to take only one operation and be in the hospital for a night and then have the whole thing done in 2 weeks. (surgery, repair, have brace off, everything. 2 weeks. Srs.)

I have an overbite and probably will look into it myself when I get a chance.

i want to get this surgery even though im only 15 im sure ill have to get it later on... i had my underbite fixed with a mask thing with rubber bands but it just went right back to where i had it... i dont want to get the surgery cause i dont want to lose weight/want to go through all that ****...... have had more than 5 orthodontic things in my mouth to fix my smile yet this underbite just makes it seem like not a lot has been done......... makes me depressed tbh

what is a double jaw surgery? I have no idea (srs)
what is wrong with the jaw that get fixed?

For underbite double surgery... They saw your lower jaw, 2inches from chin either side, like as if its a draw in a cupboard and slide it back, and they push your upper jaw forward, thus bringing your face more aesthetic. this usually pushes your noses so it looks little wider also

jaw surgery is basically for people who have a uneven bite. its used for both health and aesthetic reasons

Thanks man, sounds completely similar to me. Chin is still numb, swelling either side of my nose and upper lip sticks out a little.

How are your teeth looking? I was told I only need 5 month dental work post OP and im nearly at 2 now, so If i got them off for christmas I'd be loving it

and aye it is major surgery, felt proper proper depressed for the first 4 days, how long did you have elastics on for? had ones from surgery for 6 weeks, then ortho put smaller ones in for the next 3 weeks, next appointment on 15th october so hopefully off by then

My teeth are pretty damn straight, the only issue is that I have a small gap or two in the top row, apparently its pretty normal for gaps to show up after the surgery, so I'm currently wearing the braces to get them closed up. Also, my molars aren't quite touching, and so I'm still wearing elastics at night to pull my teeth together. I'm supposed to have mine off in 3-4 months, so Christmas break is optimistic, but January is more realistic

I couldn't be happier. When the swelling is 100% gone I'm going to be loving it.

My teeth are pretty damn straight, the only issue is that I have a small gap or two in the top row, apparently its pretty normal for gaps to show up after the surgery, so I'm currently wearing the braces to get them closed up. Also, my molars aren't quite touching, and so I'm still wearing elastics at night to pull my teeth together. I'm supposed to have mine off in 3-4 months, so Christmas break is optimistic, but January is more realistic

I couldn't be happier. When the swelling is 100% gone I'm going to be loving it.

Yeh thats the only reason with me now is the molars aint lined up yet, thats the only thing really now, cant wait for swelling to go down!

how bad was your class 3? I am class 3 but it's extremely mild and only apparent if I clench down my molars and open my lips but I never smile like that for that exact reason... I tend to smile by just making all my front teeth make contact and without clenching down the molars. Would look goofy as fuk if I smiled in pictures with my actual bite. It's so mild that I think if all my teeth were perfectly straight it would be a "even bite", which I think is class 2 and is still not proper but class 3 sucks i feel you on that. So self conscious about some profile pictures it happens to show a bit.

I ask how bad it was because I've been researching options to correct this non-surgically for several years now and am really interested in the A.L.F. appliance. Do you have any before pics of your bite? like from the front showing the teeth?

check out this drastic improvement from the alf appliance, I realize it's not a class 3 case but it's pretty impressive that they did this without any surgery or extraction.

I Don't know what that is, so I don't think I did no, just regular lower setback and upper forward

Originally Posted by Electric

how bad was your class 3? I am class 3 but it's extremely mild and only apparent if I clench down my molars and open my lips but I never smile like that for that exact reason... I tend to smile by just making all my front teeth make contact and without clenching down the molars. Would look goofy as fuk if I smiled in pictures with my actual bite. It's so mild that I think if all my teeth were perfectly straight it would be a "even bite", which I think is class 2 and is still not proper but class 3 sucks i feel you on that. So self conscious about some profile pictures it happens to show a bit.

I ask how bad it was because I've been researching options to correct this non-surgically for several years now and am really interested in the A.L.F. appliance. Do you have any before pics of your bite? like from the front showing the teeth?

check out this drastic improvement from the alf appliance, I realize it's not a class 3 case but it's pretty impressive that they did this without any surgery or extraction.

Before any brace work my lower came over by like just 1-2mm, but they grinded on my top 2 teeth, and my top 2 teeth was not straight they were wonky so if they were in correct position my underbite would have looked worst before brace work anyhow, yeh that looks good on pictures never heard of that though

Originally Posted by Angelus6

How much did it cost? I need jaw surgery but for the left side of my face. The left one isn't as developed as the right side. The jaw needs to be fixed and my jaw is a bit slanted to the right.

NHS man, didn't pay a penny. except £3 parking fee every 3 week for the visit fuuuu. Sounds like crossbite I think mate, have a look up on it